128 - Large pair of flintlock pistols by Iacob Franck of Hanover:

Large pair of flintlock pistols by Iacob Franck of Hanover: Two-chamber barrels, square-sided then round, slightly flared, made of Damascus steel, with brass sights, engraved with thunderbolts, length 35.5 cm, caliber 15 mm; breech blocks, with no visible screws, also made of Damascus steel; flat-bodied lock plates, engraved in high relief on the back with a hunting trophy featuring a wild boar’s head and, in the center, a dog attacking a stag; signed beneath the lock plate: “IACOB-FRANCK” and, on the back: “HANNOVER”; engraved hammers, iron-sided hammers, without a bridle; brass fittings, cut and engraved with scrollwork, foliage, and animals, rod-shaped nails depicting a grotesque head; re-drilled counterplates, engraved with a hunting scene amid foliage; long-shafted stocks, ending in a horn buttplate, carved on the rear of the butt plates and around the muzzle openings; each is numbered: “No. 66” and “No. 67”; wooden barrels with brass muzzles; total length 53 cm. (The damascene work was likely reworked over the engravings). Period: Germany, Lower Saxony, first third of the 18th century. Very good condition. Jacob FRANCK, arquebus maker in Hanover around 1725.